DocumentCode
1195171
Title
Cascadability and Regenerative Properties of SOA All-Optical DPSK Wavelength Converters
Author
Vorreau, P. ; Marculescu, A. ; Wang, J. ; Böttger, G. ; Sartorius, B. ; Bornholdt, C. ; Slovak, J. ; Schlak, M. ; Schmidt, C. ; Tsadka, S. ; Freude, W. ; Leuthold, J.
Author_Institution
Karlsruhe Univ.
Volume
18
Issue
18
fYear
2006
Firstpage
1970
Lastpage
1972
Abstract
A novel all-optical differential phase-shift keying wavelength converter based on semiconductor optical amplifier nonlinearities is demonstrated in the 25- to 40-Gb/s range with pseudorandom binary sequence of 27-1, and its regenerative properties as well as the cascadability are discussed
Keywords
binary sequences; differential phase shift keying; optical fibre communication; optical modulation; optical repeaters; optical wavelength conversion; random sequences; semiconductor optical amplifiers; SOA; all-optical DPSK wavelength converter; cascadability; pseudorandom binary sequence; regenerative properties; semiconductor optical amplifier; Binary sequences; Clocks; Differential phase shift keying; Differential quadrature phase shift keying; Optical fiber testing; Optical interferometry; Optical transmitters; Optical wavelength conversion; Repeaters; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; All-optical; wavelength conversion;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
1041-1135
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/LPT.2006.880714
Filename
1687959
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